Roman glass beaker, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE Jewelry - Varia 2006 Colour of Utopia

2006 Colour of Utopia

tapestries

An Anmatyerre artist

basketry is of the very greatest antiquity

Roman glass beaker, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE Jewelry - Varia 2006 Colour of UtopiaBlown from blue green glass, the wide cylindrical beaker tapers up to a round mouth and straight rim. Roman glass production developed from Hellenistic technical traditions, initially concentrating on intensely colored cast glass vessels. However, during the 1st century CE the glass industry underwent rapid technical growth that saw the introduction of glass blowing and the dominance of colorless or 'aqua' glasses. Production of raw glass was